Bug 478558 - general protection fault at boot
Summary: general protection fault at boot
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: udev
Version: 10
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Harald Hoyer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-12-31 22:42 UTC by Tom
Modified: 2009-01-19 19:45 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-01-19 19:45:45 UTC
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kernel dump of GPF (2.50 KB, application/octet-stream)
2008-12-31 22:42 UTC, Tom
no flags Details

Description Tom 2008-12-31 22:42:08 UTC
Created attachment 328024 [details]
kernel dump of GPF

Description of problem: About one out of every three boots udev takes a very long time to initialize followed by general protection fault, don't know for sure if this is a kernel or udev related issue.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: One of every three boots or so.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot machine and cross fingers.
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Actual results: High likelihood of GPF then lock-up.


Expected results: Normal boot.


Additional info: I tend to think this is likely related to udevadm
as it keeps appearing in the crash dumps.

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2009-01-19 15:04:31 UTC
you might try to boot with "modprobedebug" added to the kernel command line

Comment 2 Tom 2009-01-19 19:45:45 UTC
This issue turned out to be unrelated to the operating system, as I discovered several days ago that I had a flaky dimm, acting up in ways never before seen by me. Ended up the system died as a result, that's how I figured out what was going on.

I have since swapped out all ram, re-installed and tested extensively. Problem has not reoccurred, and I am certain it was hardware related.

Bug report can be safely closed.


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